Shounak Kulkarni
Software Developer at StarTree
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Summary
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Top SchoolShounak Kulkarni is a software developer with nine years of hands-on experience building and maintaining backend systems, currently contributing at StarTree from Pune. He has practical expertise in Java client libraries and dependency upgrades, demonstrated by notable contributions to Apache Pinot where he refactored async-http-client integrations and improved table config conversion utilities for a production-grade real-time OLAP datastore. Prior roles at Publicis Sapient honed his engineering fundamentals across fast-paced delivery cycles and team-based product work. Comfortable navigating complex codebases, he focuses on reliable client-backend interactions and incremental modernization of critical components. His background from Pune Institute of Computer Technology grounds a pragmatic approach to engineering trade-offs and maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering at Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Github Skills (6)
dependency-management10
javas10
apache-pinot10
java10
apidoc9
api9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
apache/pinot
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Apache Pinot - A realtime distributed OLAP datastore
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:215 reviews, 1 commit, 66 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Shounak primarily worked on upgrading the `async-http-client` dependency within the Apache Pinot project, refactoring the client libraries to align with the updated version. This involved modifications to the `pinot-java-client` and `pinot-jdbc-client`, demonstrating a focus on maintaining and improving the project's client-side components and their interaction with the Pinot backend. The changes involved code adjustments and version updates across multiple Java files within the client libraries, specifically within the `pinot-clients` directory. Furthermore, the user contributed to enhance table config conversion utility.
realtimedata-streamolapapachedatastore
shounakmk219/pinot
Dec 2021 - Apr 2025
Apache Pinot - A realtime distributed OLAP datastore
Contributions:369 pushes, 66 branches in 3 years 3 months
realtimeolapapachedatastorepinot
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